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And any additional wording supplied by either of their narrators (1) is accepted provided it does not conflict with what is transmitted by someone more reliable. If a stronger version contradicts it, the stronger report is called “the preserved (al-maḥfūẓ),” while its counterpart is “the irregular (al-shādh).” When weakness is involved (2), the preferable (3) report is termed “the well-known (al-maʿrūf),” and the opposite one is “the repudiated (al-munkar).”
(1) MS H reads "rawatuhuma" (their two transmitters), while MS Z has "rawatuha" (its transmitters).
(2) MSS B and D read "al-daif" (the weak).
(3) MS Z reads "fa-al-rajih" (thus the stronger view); the prefixed fa is one of the phrases the author later inserted in Nuzhat al-Nazar.
وَزِيَادَةُ رَاوِيهِمَا (١) مَقْبُولَةٌ مَا لَمْ تَقَعْ مُنَافِيَةً لِمَنْ هُوَ أَوْثَقُ.
فَإِنْ خُولِفَ بِأَرْجَحَ: فَالرَّاجِحُ المَحْفُوظُ؛ وَمُقَابِلُهُ: الشَّاذُّ.
وَمَعَ الضَّعْفِ (٢): الرَّاجِحُ (٣) المَعْرُوفُ؛ وَمُقَابِلُهُ: المُنْكَرُ.
(١) في هـ: «رواتهما»، وفي ز: «رواتها».
(٢) في ب، د: «الضعيف».
(٣) في ز: «فالراجح» بزيادة فاء، وهي ممَّا زاده المصنف في النُّزهة.